A Singular Universal

Jean-Paul Sartre once classified Gustave Flaubert as a “singular universal.” For Sartre, such a writer’s oeuvre becomes a historical touchstone by addressing universal concerns through a singular life, vision, and setting. Graham Greene (1904–1991) voiced a similar notion, referring to circumstances that cause “an individual of more than individual significance to emerge from the crowd.”

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